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Trump hosts White House cage fights to mark 80th birthday
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- The US president is set to watch seven fights with an audience of 4,000 people inside a specially built arena on the White House lawn.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5FNO7Image: Evan Vucci/REUTERSAdvertisement US President Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday on Sunday night with an unprecedented cage-fighting show on the White House's historic South Lawn.
- Costing more than $60 million (€52 million), the event will see seven mixed martial arts fights take place inside a specially built arena dubbed "The Claw."
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https://p.dw.com/p/5FNO7Image: Evan Vucci/REUTERSAdvertisement US President Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday on Sunday night with an unprecedented cage-fighting show on the White House's historic South Lawn.
Costing more than $60 million (€52 million), the event will see seven mixed martial arts fights take place inside a specially built arena dubbed "The Claw."
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